GreenFire, to Futurology
@GreenFire@mstdn.social avatar

So you probably haven't heard since it's not angertainment, but one of the largest economies in the world has produced 100% of demand from and over the last two weeks.

Imagine how much money the people with are making now while they are getting paid to recharge AND getting paid to discharge them in California!

Anyways so don't let the make you into a nihilist like them.

bradley, to climate
@bradley@mstdn.io avatar

The Boomer’s grandchildren, Gen A, will have to emit 1/10th of the lifetime carbon of their grandparents in order to survive.

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/what-would-net-zero-by-2050-mean-for-the-emissions-footprints-of-younger-people-versus-their-parents

pluralistic, to OpenAI
@pluralistic@mamot.fr avatar

Last week's spectacular soap-opera hijacked the attention of millions of normal, productive people and nonsensually crammed them full of the fine details of the debate between () and (AKA e/acc), a genuinely absurd debate that was allegedly at the center of the drama.

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OccuWorld, to random

Renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann on what ‘doomers’ get wrong

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/renowned-climate-scientist-michael-e-mann-on-what-doomers-get-wrong/

In his new book, ‘Our Fragile Moment,’ he explains why every fraction of a degree of climate warming is worth preventing.

breadandcircuses, (edited ) to environment

Rich people like Bill Gates, and the politicians they own like John Kerry, have a reassuring message for us all. 😃

Gates — https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/109772828308275076
Kerry — https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/110729854915172708

It's not necessary, they tell us, for everyone to change their lifestyles in order to fight climate change or promote climate justice. We don't have to stop eating meat, or buying fast fashion, or driving our huge SUVs to work every day. No one needs to stop flying around the world using their private jets, or taking luxury cruises on their million-dollar yachts.

Why? Because capitalism can solve the climate crisis! 👏

Really? Yes!!

(Well, no, not really. That's a fantasy being sold to us by billionaires who have no interest in real change.)

jackofalltrades,
@jackofalltrades@mas.to avatar

@breadandcircuses Phew, so hopeful!

I got two more for you, sure to raise the spirits of all the .

"I'm convinced we are going to solve the climate crisis. We've got this." -- Al Gore
https://go.ted.com/algore23

"There is hope; there are people out there doing incredible things that will have massive impacts on our futures. We’ve got to hang onto optimism and hope because it is the biggest driver of change, the biggest driver of innovation." -- Prince William
https://fortune.com/2023/09/20/bill-gates-climate-exaggeration-bloomberg-prince-william-earthshot/

jackofalltrades, to climate
@jackofalltrades@mas.to avatar

"No, Kurzgesagt, We WON'T Fix Climate Change - The Danger of Fake Optimism"

https://youtu.be/0KQYNtPl7V4

BadEmpanada dissects toxic positivity of capitalist propaganda on climate. He doesn't mince words, I love it.

"""
The promises made today are garbage. You need to get angry. You need to get furious and you need to demand far, far more.
"""

GreenFire, to CDR
@GreenFire@mstdn.social avatar

I know that I have a steep hill to climb in order to help Carbon Dioxide Removal recover from the damage the and just plain grifters have done to the reputation of Direct Air Capture .

I'm hoping that the tangible product can help to convince people to reconsider DAC for CDR.

The demonstrated recalcitrance of terra preta and ability of any and every farmer/gardener to manufacture and sequester it makes it one of my favorite approaches.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh8499

GreenFire,
@GreenFire@mstdn.social avatar

is real despite what the are trying to convince you of otherwise.

Delayers here in the USA in particular are fond of using the building of new coal plants in China that it's meaningless to take steps here towards

Besides being a horrid example of rationalizing ones own bad behavior, the actual facts don't support the doomism either. China's use of coal is beginning to decline and may peak this year or in next few years. https://thechinaproject.com/2023/09/21/china-is-going-to-use-less-coal-despite-reports-to-the-contrary/

GreenFire,
@GreenFire@mstdn.social avatar

@CommercialSolarGuy
Here's some more to help counteract the grifting profiting off of pushing

Fulham’s Shell station, once replete with gas pumps, now stands equipped with rapid electric vehicle chargers.

This transformation embodies the global move from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources, paving the way for a greener future.

Lokeye, to DOOM French
@Lokeye@nerdculture.de avatar

Ce soir c'est JV. Oh Loki, entre la déco et la musique jvous avoue j'ai flippé une bonne minute. Et si j'avais dû imaginer moi même l'enfer ca aurait été complètement cette ambiance là. C'est glauque, c'est malaisant c'est ❤️

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GreenFire, to random
@GreenFire@mstdn.social avatar

Professor Katharine Hayhoe
@kathhayhoe posted some good advice today:

If you’ve convinced yourself that we’re doomed and there’s nothing anyone can do about climate:

❌ Stop doom-scrolling & get off social media

😳 Don’t attack or hinder others doing their best to help

🐾 Adopt a pet in need of a home

🌳 Spend as much time as you can in nature

❤️ Focus on love

Geonitiv,

@GreenFire @kathhayhoe
Make yourself aware that the steps of denial are:

  1. There is no
  2. It is not caused by humans
  3. It is good for us (or at least not bad)
  4. Now it's too late to do anything anyway

All these frames are used to delay the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for as long as possible. run the risk of harming the cause, although they actually want rapid and effective climate protection.
But I understand the frustration of doomers, I was one myself.

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